Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2022.025.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2022-025-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat' package(s) announced via the SSA:2022-025-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat' package(s) announced via the SSA:2022-025-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New expat packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Fix signed integer overflow in function XML_GetBuffer for when XML_CONTEXT_BYTES is defined to >0 (which is both common and default). Impact is denial of service or other undefined behavior. While we're here, also patch a memory leak on output file opening error. Thanks to marav. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'expat' package(s) on Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-23852 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0001/ https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05 Debian Security Information: DSA-5073 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24 https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/550 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00007.html
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